INTERNATIONAL NOTES: Burning Issues

King Hussein himself was at the
controls last week when his Royal Jordanian Airline 707 touched down in
Washington. The landing was professionally smooth, and so too were his
discussions at the White House, where the King briefed President Nixon
on his proposal to turn Jordan and the occupied West Bank into a United
Arab kingdom of semiautonomous regions after peace is negotiated with
Israel.

Initially Hussein had hoped that the unity proposal would become an
issue in the Israeli-sponsored municipal elections that took place on
the West Bank last week, and that candidates supporting him would be
elected. As...